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1100
Earliest examples of stone mosques on East African coast
William Rufus assassinated - Henry I succeeds him
Peter Abelard goes to Paris to study under William of Champeaux
Polynesian islands colonization begins
Timbuktu founded
Rule of Zagwe dynasty in Ethiopia (-16th century)

William II (Rufus) - (England) King
Henry I + (England) son of William the Conqueror
Bretislav II - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Borivoj II + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Godfrey of Bouillon - (Jerusalem) (1099-) 1st King
Baldwin I of Bouillon + (Jerusalem) (Tripoli) (-1118) Count 2nd (b. Godfrey of Boullion)
Bohemund of Otranto + (Antioch) Prince

Clement III - (antipope) (Patriarchate of Rome) (1080-1100) aka Guibert of Vienna
Theodoric +- (antipope) (Patriarchate of Rome) *****

Beginning of St. Martial organum
Geoffry of Monmouth 1100-1154
Lombard, Peter 1100-1160
Wace 1100-1175

Guibert of Vienna
????-1100 Roman Antipope (Clement III) (Parma)

1101
Hui-tsung +
1102
Ladislaus I Herman - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus III + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth) (-1138)

Albert (antipope) +- (Patriarchate of Rome)
1103
Eric I - (Denmark) the Evergood
Niels the Elder + (Denmark)
Magnus II Barefoot - (Norway)
Eystein I + (Norway)
Sigurd I the Crusader + (Norway)

1104
Crusaders capture Acre
Barkiarok - (Seljuk Empire)
Mohammed + (Seljuk Empire)
Pedro I - (Aragon)
Alfonso I + (Aragon)

1105
Henry IV - (Holy Roman Empire) (1056-)
Henry V + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1125) Emperor

Sylvester IV (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)
Isaac, Joseph ben 1105-1170
ben Isaac of Troyes, Solomon (Rashi) 1040-1105 Jewish Scholar
1106
Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry I defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy - Robert captive for life (9/28)
1107
Stirling Castle construction begins by Alexander I
Edgar - (Scotland) son of Malcome III Canmore
Alexander I + (Scotland) King (younger brother of Edgar)
Yousouf bin Teshonfin - (Almoravide Sultanate)
Ali bin Yousouf + (Almoravide Sultanate)
Borivoj II - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Swartopluk + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Boleslaus II - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
Boleslaus III + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)

1108
Philip I - (France) King
Louis VI le Gros + (France) (-1137) King

1109
War between England and France (1109-1113)
Alfonso VI - (Leon)(Castile) (1065-)(1072-) (s. Ferdinand I)
Urraca + (Leon)(Castile) Alfonso I's wife
Swartopluk - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Ladislas I + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke

Anselm of Cantebury 1033-1109
1110
Filip - (Sweden) House of Stenkil (Halstensson) joint ruler
John of Salisbury 1110-1160
1111
HRE Henry V forces Pope Paschal II to acknowledge power of the emperor
Robert II - (Flanders) Count
Baldwin VII + (Flanders) Count

Sylvester IV (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Al Gazali 1058-1111 Mystic/Theologian
1112
Peter Abelard begins teaching at Mont Ste Genevieve, just outside of Paris
Henry - (Portugal) House of Burgundy (Grandson of Robert I)
Theresa + (Portugal) House of Burgundy (regent)

1113
Angkor Wat construction begins during Suryavarman's reign
Order of St. John formally acknowledged by the papacy
Suryavarman II + (Khmer Empire) Cambodia
Sviatopolk - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Vladimir Monomachus + (Kiev) Grand Duke (Monomakh) (-1125)
1114
Matilda (Maud) daughter of Henry I of England marries HRE Henry V
Bhaskara, Acarya 1114-1185
1115
St. Pierre Abbey construction at Moissac, Langudoc (1115-1130)
Bernard founds the Abbey of Clairvaux and becomes its first abbot
JIN +
1116
Mohammed - (Seljuk Empire)
Sandjar + (Seljuk Empire)
Salomon - (Hungary) King (Coleman Beauclerc)
Stephen II + (Hungary) King

1117
1118
Alfonso I captures Saragossa from Moors
Alexius I Comnenus - (Byzantine Empire) (1081-1143) 1st Comnenus Emperor
John II Calojohannes + (Byzantine Empire) (1118-1143) 2nd Comnenus Emperor
Baldwin I of Bouillon - (Jerusalem) (Tripoli) (1100-1118) 2nd King (b. Godfrey of Boullion)
Baldwin II + (Jerusalem) (1118-1131) 3rd King
al-Mustazhir - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1094-1118) 28th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustarshid + (Abbasid Caliphate) (1118-1135) 29th Abbasid Caliph

Paschal II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Gelasius II + (Patriarchate of Rome)
Gregory VIII (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1119
Hughes de Payens founds the Order of Knights Templars (1118/1128)
Baldwin VII - (Flanders) Count
Charles the Good + (Flanders) Count

Gelasius II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Calixtus II + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1120
White Ship disaster - William, heir of Henry I of England, is drowned in wreck
Alfonso I captures Calatayud from Moors
Peter Abelard leaves Saint Denis monastery to teach
Premonstratensian Order founded (canons-regular)

Roscelin 1045-1120
1121
Council of Soissons - Abelard's work burned
Floris II the Fat - (Holland) Count
Dirk VI + (Holland) Count

Gregory VIII (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Champeaux, William of 1070-1121
1122
Concordat of Worms - compromise between pope and emperor on investiture of bishops (9/23/1122)
Battle of Beroia - Byzantine army under John II Comnenos decisively defeats Pecheneg army in Bulgaria

Eystein I - (Norway)
Khayyam, Omar 1050-1122 Poet/Astronomer (Persia) (1123)
1123
1124
Alexander I - (Scotland) King (younger brother of Edgar)
David I + (Scotland) King (younger brother of Alexander I)

Calixtus II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Honorius II + (Patriarchate of Rome)
Celestine II (antipope) +- (Patriarchate of Rome)

1125
LIAO - (916-)
Liao Empire destroyed by the Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty
Xi Liao Dynasty (Kara Khitan Khanate) established by remnants of Liao (-1220)

Henry V - (Holy Roman Empire) (1105-) Emperor
Lothair II + (Holy Roman Empire) (1125-1137) Emperor(of Saxony)(Guelph)
Ladislas I - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Sobijslaw + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Vladimir Monomachus - (Kiev) Grand Duke (Monomakh)
Mstislav + (Kiev) Grand Duke

1126
Kaifeng overrun by Tatars
Hui-tsung -

Urraca - (Leon & Castile)
Alfonso VII + (Leon & Castile) the Emperor

Averroes, Mohammed Ibn Rashid 1126-1198 Philosopher
1127
Jinkang Incident Jurchen sodiers of the Jin Dynasty sack Bianliang - Emperor Qinzong captured (1/1127)
Qinzong and his father Huizong are demoted to rank of commoner by the Jin Dynasty (3/20/1127)
Zangi, a Seljuk officer, captures Mosul - beginning of the Muslim reaction against Crusaders
Southern Song Dynasty begins in China

Charles the Good - (Flanders) Count
William Clito + (Flanders) Count (from Normandy)

Guillaume IX d Aquitaine 1071-1127
1128
Geoffrey the Handsome, Count of Anjou (Plantagentet), marries Matilda (Maud) - daughter of Henry I
Battle of Sao Mamde - Alfonso I defeats his mother Teresa of Leon in step toward independence (6/24/1128)

William Clito - (Flanders) Count (from Normandy)
Dirk + (Flanders) Count (from Alsace)
Alfonso I Henriques + (Portugal) House of Burgundy (Count)

1129
Emperor Shirakawa dies- Toba becomes a "cloistered emperor" (7/24/1129)
Shirakawa - (Japan) 73rd Emperor
1130
Roger II is crowned King of Sicily (12/30/1130)
Almohad Dynasty in Morocco founded by preacher Ibn Tumart (-1169)

Inge the Younger - (Sweden) House of Stenkil (Halstensson)
Sverker the Elder + (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik
Sigurd I the Crusader - (Norway)
Magnus III the Blind + (Norway)
Harold IV Gilchrist + (Norway)

Honorius II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Innocent II + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1130-1143)
Anacletus II (antipope) +

Joachim of Fiore 1130-1202 Churchman/Intellectual
Chu Hsi (Xhu Xi) 1130-1200 Philosopher (Sung China)
Tang, Li 1050-1130

1131
Stephen II - (Hungary) King (abdicated)
Bela II + (Hungary) (1131-) King
Baldwin II - (Jerusalem) (1118-) 3rd King
Fulk of Anjou + (Jerusalem) (1131-1143) 4th King

Manasollasa Somesvara manuscript on Ragas (e.g. Shuddha Todi)
1132
Capella Palatina, Palermo construction begins (1132-1140)
Mstislav - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Yaropolk II + (Kiev) Grand Duke

Hugh of Grenoble (St.) 1052-1132
1133
Hugh becomes head of St. Victor monastery school
Henry II of Anjou 1133-1189 King
1134
Niels the Elder - (Denmark)
Eric II + (Denmark) Emune
Garcia Ramirez IV + (Navarre)
Alfonso I - (Aragon)
Ramiro II + (Aragon) the Monk

1135
Byland Abbey is founded in North Yorkshire (1)
Battle of Bergen - Harold IV Gilchrist defeats Magnus IV's army - he is captured, dethroned, & blinded (1/7/1135)
Henry I dies, England plunges into civil war (12/1/1135)
Stephen of Boulougne seizes the English crown on death of Henry I
"Year of Pacification" in Germany - general peace proclaimed
Conrad III acknowledges Lothair as Emperor
Lin-an capital of Southern Sung
Alfonso VII is crowned Emperor of Spain

Magnus IV the Blind - (Norway) (1130-1135) King
Harold IV Gilchrist ... (Norway) (1130-1136) King
Sverker I the Elder ... (Sweden) (1130-1156) H. Sverker and Erik
Eric II ... (Denmark) (1134-1137) Emune
Henry I - (England)(Normandy) (1100-1135) s. William the Conqueror
Stephen + (England)(Normandy) (1135-1154) House of Blois
Alfonso VII ... (Le n)(Castile) (1126-1157) H. Burgundy
Ramon Berenguer IV... (Barcelona) (1131-1162)
Ramiro II ... (Aragon) (1134-1137) the Monk
Garcia IV ... (Navarre) (1134-1150) The Restorer (Ramirez)
Alfonso I ... (Portugal) (1129-1185) Prince (King 1139-)
Ali ibn Yusuf ... (Almoravid Dynasty)Sunni (1106-1142) Emir
Louis VI le Gros ... (France) (1108-1137) King (Capet)
Geoffrey V ... (Maine)(Anjou) (1126-1151)(1129-) Count (Plantagenet)
William X ... (Aquitaine) (1126-1137) Duke
Simon I ... (Upper Lorraine) (1115-1138) Duke
Waleran ... (Lower Lorraine) (1125-1139) Duke
Lothair (III)II ... (Saxony)(Germany)(HRE) (1106-1137)(1125-1137) (Supplinburg)(Welf)
Emicho von Leiningen ... (Bishopric of Wurzburg) (1125-1146) Bishop
Henry X ... (Bavaria) (1126-1139) Duke
Frederick II ... (Swabia) (1105-1147) Duke (Hohenstaufen)
Leopold III ... (Austria) (1095-1136) Margrave (Babenberg)
Boleslaus III ... (Polish Kingdom) (1102-1138) Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
Sobeslav I Odrich ... (Bohemia) (1125-1140) Duke
Bela II + (Hungary)(Croatia) (1131-1141) King (Arpad)
??????????? (Genoa) (????-????) Consul Committee
Pietro Polani ... (Venice) (1130-1148) Doge
Engelbert + (Tuscany) (1135-1137) Margrave
Robert II ... (Capua) (1127-1156) Prince
Sergius VII ... (Naples) (1120-1137) 39th (last) Duke
Roger II ... (Kingdom of Sicily) (1130-1154) King
Yaropolk II ... (Kiev) (1132-1138) Grand Prince (Vladimirovich)
John II Komnenos ... (Byzantine Empire) (1118-1143) Emperor
Fulk of Anjou ... (Jerusalem) (1131-1143) 4th King
al-Mustarshid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1118-1135) 29th Abbasid Caliph
al-Rashid + (Abbasid Caliphate)Sunni (1135-1136) 30th Abbasid Caliph
Ahmed Sanjar ... (Seljuk Empire)Sunni (1118-1153) Sultan
Al-Hafiz ... (Fatimid Caliphate)Shi'a (1130-1149) 11th Caliph
Bahram Shah ... (Ghaznavid Empire)Sunni (1118-1152) Yamin ud Dawlah
Vikrama Chola - (Chalukya Chola Empire)Hindu (1118-1135)

Kulothunga Chola II ...+ (Chola Empire) (1133-1150)
Somesvara III ... (Western Chalukya Empire) (1126-1138) King
Maaravaramban Seervallaban ... (Pandyan Kingdom) (1132-1161)
Vishnuvardhana ... (Hoysala Empire) (1108-1152) King
????????????? (Kara-Khanid Khanate) (????-????) Khan (Turkic)
Yel Dashi ... (Kara-Khitan Khanate) (1124-1144) Khan (Western Liao Dynasty)
Chongzong ... (Tangut Empire) (1086-1139) Emperor (Western Xia)
Taizong - (Jin DynastyChina) (1123-1135) Emperor (Jurchen)
Xizong + (Jin DynastyChina) (1135-1149) Emperor (Jurchen)
Gaozong ... (Southern Song China) (1127-1162) 10th Emperor (1st Southern)
Alaungsithu (Pagan Kingdom)(1st Burmese E.) (1113-1167) King
Suryavarman ... (Khmer Empire) (1113-1150) Emperor
Than Tong (Dai Viet) (1128-1138) King (Ly Dynasty)
Innocent II ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (1130-1143) Gregorio Papareschi
Anacletus II ... (Patriarchate of Rome) (1131-1138) antipope (Pietro Pierleoni)

Leonin 1135-1201 (1163-1190?)
Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204

1136
Historia Regum Britanniae (Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Welsh win a victory over the Norman forces between towns of Loughor and Swansea - killing 500 (1/1/1136)
Battle of Crug Mawr - Owain Gwynedd defeats the Normans (10/1136)

al-Rashid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1135-) 30th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtafi + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-1160) 31st Abbasid Caliph
Leopold III - (Austria) Margrave the Pious (patron saint)
Leopold IV + (Austria) Margrave
Harold IV Gilchrist - (Norway)
Inge I + (Norway) (-1161)
Sigurd II Mund + (Norway) (-1161)

1137
Lothair III (II) HRE dies while crossing the Alps - coming North from camapign against Roger II of Sicily (12/1137)
Eric II - (Denmark) Emune
Eric III + (Denmark) Lam
Louis VI le Gros - (France) (1108-) King
Louis VII + (France) (-1180) King
Lothair II - (Holy Roman Empire) (1125-) Emperor (of Saxony)
Ramiro II - (Aragon) the Monk
Petronilla + (Aragon)

Saladin 1137-1193 Ayyubid Sultan (Mesopotamia/Kurdish)
Ramanuja 1017-1137
1138
Battle of the Standard - David I of Scotland fighting on behalf of Matilda is defeated in English civil war
Hohenstaufen House rules Germany (-1268)
Feudal disintegration period in Poland (Dukes ruling in Cracow) (-1305)

Conrad III + (Holy Roman Empire) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1st) (Ghibelline)
Boleslaus III - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
Ladislaus II the Exile + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty

Anacletus II (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Victor IV (antipope) +- (Patriarchate of Rome)

1139
Matilda lands in England
Second Lateran Council - ends schism in Church following illegal election of Anacletus II

Yaropolk - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Vsevolod + (Kiev) Grand Duke

Hsiang Shan Lu 1139-1192
1140
Bury Bible (England)
St. Denis Ambulatory rebuilt, ushers in Gothic Era (Suger)
Council of Sens - Abelard condemned
Portugal becomes an independent monarchy

Sobijslaw - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Ladislas II + (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Vladimir II + (Poland) (-1173) (same as Ladislaus II?)

Hugh of Lincoln 1140-1200
Nizami 1140-1203 Poet (Persia)
Ventadorn, Bernart de 1140-1190 Musician

Ha-Levi, Judah 1080-1140
1141
Battle of Lincoln- Matilda captures Stephen and rules as queen - people rebel and Stephen is restored
Peace between China and Chin

Leopold IV - (Austria) Margrave
Henry II + (Austria) Margrave
Bela II - (Hungary) King
Geza II + (Hungary) King
Theresa - (Portugal) House of Burgundy (regent)

Hugh of St. Victor 1096-1141 Poet (1075-1141)
1142
Alexius II, son of John II Komnenos dies of "head fever" on campaign in Attalia (8/2)
Eystein II + (Norway)
Abelard, Peter 1079-1142 Churchman (Nantes, France)
1143
John II Komnenos dies by accidentally cutting himself with a poison-tipped arrow while hunting (4/8/1143)
Alfonso becomes king of Portugal (Alfonso I) (1143-1185)
Lusitania changes its name to Portucale (Portugal)

John II Calojohannes - (Byzantine Empire) (1118-1143) Comnenus
Manuel I + (Byzantine Empire) (1143-1180) Comnenus
Fulk of Anjou - (Jerusalem) (1131-1143) 4th King
Baldwin III + (Jerusalem) (1143-1162) 5th King

Innocent II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Celestine II + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1144
Death of William of Norwich - beginning of "medieval blood accusation"
Geoffrei IV Count of Anjou completes conquest of Normandy

Ali bin Yousouf - (Almoravide Sultanate)
Teshoufin bin Ali + (Almoravide Sultanate)

Celestine II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Lucius II + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1145
Chartres Cathedral construction begins
Almohads begin conquest of Moorish Spain (-1150)
Lucius II - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Eugene III + (Patriarchate of Rome)

William of Conches 1080-1145
1146
Eric III - (Denmark) Lam
Sweyn III + (Denmark) Grade
Vsevolod - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Izhaslav + (Kiev) Grand Duke
Ladislaus II the Exile - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus IV the Curly + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty

1147
Portuguese take Lisbon establish frontier on the Tagus
Almohads overthrow Almoravids
Almohade conquest of Spain (-1148)
Second Crusade - St Bernard of Clairvaux appeals for another campaign (-1149)

Teshoufin bin Ali + (Almoravide Sultanate)
Abd el-Moulmin + (Almohade Sultanate)

1148
Matilda leaves England for the last time
Crusaders fail to capture Damascus

1149
1150
Winchester Bible (illustrated) (1150-1160)
Sens Cathedral construction begins
Senlis Cathedral construction begins
Noyen Cathedral construction begins

Rise of universities throughout Europe - High point of Scholasticism
Garcia Ramirez IV - (Navarre)
Sancho V + (Navarre) the Wise
Suryavarman II - (Khmer Empire) Cambodia
Erik IX + (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Jedvarsson) Saint

School of St. Martial
Troubadours flourish in Provence
Notre Dame School assumes musical leadership
Liturgical dramas appear
1151
End of Toltec Empire in Mexico
Geoffrey of Anjou -1151
Suger 1081-1151

1152
Marriage of Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine anulled on grounds of blood relationship
Henry II of Anjou marries Eleanor of Aquitaine - Aquitaine/Normandy/Anjou

Conrad III - (Holy Roman Empire) (1138-) Hohenstaufen (1st) (Ghibelline)
Frederick I Barbarossa + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1190) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (2nd)
Raymond of Toulouse + (Tripoli) (-1187) Count

1153
Henry II of Anjou invades England and forces Stephen to make him heir to the English throne
David I - (Scotland)
Malcolm IV the Maiden + (Scotland) grandson of David I

Eugene III - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Anastasius IV + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1153-1154)

Anna Comnena 1083-1153 Byzantine Princess/Biographer
Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153 Churchman

1154
Angevine House in England
Stephen - (England) (1135-)
Henry II Plantagenet + (England) (-1189) of Anjou
Izhaslav - (Kiev) Grand Duke
Yuri Dolgoruki + (Vladimir) Grand Duke

Anastasius IV - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1153-1154)
Adrian IV + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1154-1159) Nicholas Breakspear (only english Pope)

Constance 1154-1198 Empress (HRE)
De La Porree, Gilbert 1076-1154
Geoffry of Monmouth 1100-1154

1155
Henry II appoints archdeacon of Cantebury Thomas a Becket as Chancellor
Adrian IV grants Henry II the right to rule Ireland
English plan for the conquest of Ireland is approved

Alfonso VIII 1155-1214 King of Castile
1156
Privilegium Minus - issued by HRE Frederick I - elevates the Margraviateof Austria to a Duchy (9/17/1156)
Civil wars begin in Japan (-1185)

Henry II - (Austria) Margrave
Henry II + (Austria) (-1177) Duke
Sverker the Elder - (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik

1157
Seljuk Empire crumbles
Sandjar - (Seljuk Empire)
Sweyn III - (Denmark) Grade
Knud III +- (Denmark) Magnussen
Valdemar I + (Denmark)
Alfonso VII - (Leon & Castile) the Emperor
Ferdinand II + (Leon)
Sancho III + (Castile) (-1158)
Yuri Dolgoruki - (Vladimir) Grand Duke
Andrey Bogolyubski + (Vladimir/Suzdal) (-1174) Grand Duke
Dirk - (Flanders) Count (from Alsace)
Philip I + (Flanders) (-1191) Count
Eystein II - (Norway)
Dirk VI - (Holland) Count
Floris III + (Holland) Count

Richard Coer de Lion 1157-1199
1158
Vladislaus II becomes second King of Bohemia (1/11/1158)
Emperor Nijo begins rule in Japan (9/5/1158)
Eleanore of Aquitaine arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business (11/29/1158)
Japanese Emperor Go-Shirakawa begins his cloistered rule
British pound sterling introduced

Sancho III - (Castile) (1157-)
Alfonso VIII + (Castile) (-1214) King
Ladislas II - (Bohemia) Premyslid Duke
Ladislas II + (Bohemia) Premyslid King
Nijo + (Japan) (-1165) 78th Emperor

1159
Henry II levies scutage - payment in cash instead of military service
Manuel I enters Antioch
Burning of the Sanjo Palace by the Minamoto forces - critical battle in the Minamato-Taira civil war

Adrian IV - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1154-1159)
Alexander III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1159-1181)
Victor IV (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1160
Laon Cathedral construction begins (-1205)
St. Gilles du Gard Abbey construction in Provence (-1170)

Erik IX - (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Jedvarsson) Saint
Magnus Henriksson + (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik
al-Muqtafi - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1136-) 31st Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustanjid + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-1170) 32nd Abbasid Caliph

Kimhi, David (Redak) 1160-1235
Bodel, Jehan 1160-
Perotin 1160-1205 (1160-1238?)

John of Salisbury 1110-1160
Lombard, Peter 1100-1160

1161
Battle of Ts'ai-shih - explosives used in China
Geza II - (Hungary) King
Stephen III + (Hungary) King (the Lightning)
Magnus Henriksson - (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik
Charles VII +
(Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Karl Sverkersson)
Inge I - (Norway) (1136-)
Sigurd II Mund - (Norway) (1136-)
Haakon II + (Norway)

1162
Thomas a Becket is appointed Archbishop of Cantebury and quarrels with Henry II over Church rights
Petronilla - (Aragon)
Alfonso II + (Aragon)
Stephen III - (Hungary) King (the Lightning)
Ladislaus II + (Hungary) King
Haakon II - (Norway)
Baldwin III - (Jerusalem) (1143-) 5th King
Amalric I + (Jerusalem) (-1174) 6th King

1163
Notre Dame Cathedral cornerstone laid by Pope Alexander III
Emperor Frederick I destroys Milan
Abd el-Moulmin - (Almohade Sultanate)
Yousouf abou Yacoub + (Almohade Sultanate) (-1178)
Ladislaus II - (Hungary) King
Stephen IV + (Hungary) King
Magnus IV + (Norway)

Ars Antiqua
1164
Constitutions of Clarendon - restatement of laws governing trial of ecclesiastics in England
Thomas a Becket flees to France

Victor IV (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Paschal III (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)

Heloise
1165
Malcolm IV the Maiden - (Scotland) grandson of David I
William the Lion + (Scotland) King (younger brother of Malcolm IV)
Stephen IV - (Hungary) King

Philip II Augustus 1165-1223 King of France
1166
1167
Albigensian Council at Toulouse
Amalric King of Jerusalem captures Cairo

Oxford University founded
Charles VII - (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Karl Sverkersson)
Knut VI + (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Knut Eriksson)

Genghiz Khan 1167-1227
1168
Stephen Nemanja founds the Serbian Empire (-1196)
Arabs recapture Cairo

Paschal III (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
Calixtus III (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)

1169
Suzdal attacks Kiev
Nur ad-Din of Damascus conquers Fatimid Egypt

Saladin + (Egypt) vizier
1170
Thomas a Becket is murdered in Cantebury by four knights after short-lived reconciliation with Henry II
Norman invasion of Ireland

University of Paris founded
al-Mustanjid - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1160-) 32nd Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustadi' + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-1180) 33rd Abbasid Caliph

Notre Dame School and the beginning of the Ars Antiqua (1170-1200)
Codex Calixtinus
Magnus liber organi Leonin (1170-1175)
Guzman, Domingo de 1170-1221
Fibonacci, Leonardo 1170-1240
Vogelweide, Walter von der 1170-1230 Composer

Isaac, Joseph ben 1105-1170
1171
Henry II formally annexes Ireland
Saladin overthrows Fatimids - reestablishes orthodoxy - founds Ayyubid dynasty in Syria and Egypt

1172
Henry II visits Dublin
1173
Rebellion of Henry II's eldest sons - Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey supported by Eleanor of Aquitaine
Richard Coeur de Lion at war against Henry II (his father) -1174
Thomas a Becket canonized

Ladislas II - (Bohemia) Premyslid King
Stephen III - (Hungary) King
Bela III + (Hungary) King
Vladimir II - (Poland) is he Ladislaus II of Bohemia?
Boleslaus IV the Curly - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty
Mieszko III the Old + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty

1174
Almoravides replaced by Almohades
Saladin conquers Syria

Amalric I + (Jerusalem) (1162-) 6th King
Baldwin IV(the Leper) + (Jerusalem) (-1185) 7th King
Saladin ++ (Egypt) vizier -- sultan

1175
Cantebury Cathedral construction begins
Mohammed of Ghuri and Qutb-ud-din Aybak lead first Turkish raid into India
Andrey Bogolyubski - (Vladimir) Grand Duke
Grosseteste, Robert 1175-1253 Prelate/Philosopher (England)
Otto IV 1175-1218 Emperor (HRE)
Raymond of Penafort 1175-1275 Saint

Wace 1100-1175
1176
Battle of Legnano - Milan assists in Lombard League defeat of Emperor Frederick I (5/29/1176)
Battle of Myriokephalon - Byzantine forces defeated by Seljuks (9/17/1176)

Vsevolod + (Vladimir/Suzdal) (-1212) Grand Duke
1177
Treaty of Venice - between the papacy and Lomabrd League, HRE, Kingdom of Sicily (7/1177)
Battle of Montgisard - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin (11/25/1177)
Alfonso VIII conquers Cuenca

Henry II - (Austria) (1156-) Duke
Leopold V + (Austria) (-1194) Duke
Mieszko III the Old - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty
Casimir II the Just + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty

De Coincy, Gautier 1177-1236
1178
Yousouf abou Yacoub - (Almohade Sultanate) (1163-)
Yacoub bin Yousouf + (Almohade Sultanate) (-1199)

Calixtus III (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome)
1179
Portugal's independence recognized by Alexander III
Grand Assize of Windsor - increasing power of royal courts in England
III Lateran Council
Saladin besieges Tyre

Innnocent III (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1179-1180)
Sturluson, Snorri 1179-1241
Hildegard of Bingen 1098-1179
1180
Truce between Baldwin IV and Saladin
Louis VII - (France) (1137-) King
Philip II Augustus + (France) (-1223) King
Manuel I - (Byzantine Empire) (1143-) Emperor
Alexius II + (Byzantine Empire) (-1183) Emperor (Comnenus)
al-Mustadi' - (Abbasid Caliphate) (1170-) 33rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Nasir + (Abbasid Caliphate) (-1225) 34th Abbasid Caliph

Innnocent III (antipope) - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1179-1180)
1181
Alexander III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1159-1181)
Lucius III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1181-1185)

1182
Phillip II banishes Jews from France
Massacre of the Latins at Constantinople

Valdemar I - (Denmark)
Canute VI + (Denmark)

Francis of Assisi 1182-1226
1183
Peace of Constance - Milan gains independence
Alexius II - (Byzantine Empire) (1180-) Emperor (Comnenus)
Andronicus I + (Byzantine Empire) (-1185) Emperor

Perotin active at Notre Dame
1184
Magnus IV - (Norway)
Sverre + (Norway)

1185
Liber de arte honeste amandi et reprobatione inhonesti amantis (Andreas Capellanus) (3 vols.)
Philip II Augustus secures Amiens, Artois, and part of Vermandois from Philip I count of Flanders
Angeli dynasty in Byzantine Empire (-1204)
Kamakura period in Japan - shogunate officially recognized (-1333)
Last event described in Svend Aagesen's Historia brevis regum Dacie occurs this year

Andronicus I - (Byzantine Empire) (1183-) Emperor
Isaac II Angelus + (Byzantine Empire) (-1195) Angeli Emperor
Alfonso I Henriques - (Portugal) King (House of Burgundy) (Count)
Sancho I + (Portugal) King (House of Burgundy)
Baldwin IV(the Leper) - (Jerusalem) (1174-) 7th King
Baldwin V+ (Jerusalem) (-1186) 8th King

Lucius III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1181-1185)
Urban III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1185-1187)

Alexander of Hales 1185-1245
Bhaskara, Acarya 1114-1185
1186
Peter Asen II + (Bulgaria) Czar Asen Dynasty
John Asen I + (Bulgaria) King Asen Dynasty coregent
Baldwin V- (Jerusalem) (1185-) 8th King
Guy de Lusignan + (Jerusalem) (-1192) 9th King

1187
Battle of Hattin (Hittin) - Saladin destroys Crusaders and captures Jerusalem (7/4/1187)
Philip II Augustus attacks English territories in France

Floris III - (Holland) Count
Raymond of Toulouse - (Tripoli) (-1187) Count

Urban III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1185-1187)
Gregory VIII +- (Patriarchate of Rome) *****
Clement III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1187-1191)

1188
Philip II Augustus allies with Richard I Coeur de Lion against Henry II - forced to cede several territories
Philip II Augustus and Henry II agree to go on crusade

Ferdinand II - (Leon)
Alfonso IX + (Leon)

1189
Last known Norse visit to North America
Henry II - (England) (1154-)
Richard I Coeur de Lion + (England) (-1199) King (eldest son of Henry II)

Gilbert of Sempringham 1083-1189
Henry II of Anjou 1133-1189 King

1190
Guide for the Perplexed (Maimonides)
Third Crusade (Richard I, Philip II Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa) (-1192) (1189)
Frederick Barbarossa is drowned on his way to Palestine (6/10//1190)

Mongol Empire grows in Eastern Asia
Frederick I Barbarossa - (Holy Roman Empire) (1152-) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (2nd)
Henry VI + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1197) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (3rd)
Lalibela + (Ethiopia) Emperor

Beauvais, Vincent de 1190-1264
Ventadorn, Bernart de 1140-1190 Musician
1191
Philip II Augustus returns to France after quarrel with Richard I
Richard I conquers Cyprus and captures city of Acre

Philip I - (Flanders) (1157-) Count
Baldwin VIII + (Flanders) Count (from Hainut)
Margareta + (Flanders) Countess
Dirk VII + (Holland) (-1203) Count

Clement III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1187-1191)
Celestine III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1191-1198)

1192
Richard I captures Jaffa and makes peace with Saladin
Duke Leopold of Austria captures Richard I on his way home
Battle of Tarain - Legions of Mohammed Ghor defeat Hindus under Prithivi Raj - Delhi Sultanate established

Guy de Lusignan - (Jerusalem) (1186-) 9th King
Henry of Champagne + (Jerusalem) (-1197) 10th King
Minamoto Yoritomo + (Japan) Shogun

Hsiang Shan Lu 1139-1192
1193
Notre Dame high altar consecrated
Leopold of Austria hands Richard I over to Emperor Henry VI who demands a ransom
Muslims capture Bihar and Bengal

Saladin - (Egypt) Sultan
Al-Aziz Imad al-Din + (Egypt) Sultan

Albertus Magnus 1193-1280
Saladin 1137-1193 Ayyubite Sultan (Mesopotamia)
1194
Vladimir-Suzdal', St. Demetrius Church construction begins at the Palace of Vsevolod (1194-1197)
Chartres Cathedral is struck by lightning fire destroys all but West facade from 1145 reconstruction (6/10/1194)
Philip II Augustus at war with Richard I - Philip compelled to surrender most of his annexations (-1199)
Richard I is ransomed and returns to England
Henry VI conquers Sicily

Sancho V - (Navarre) the Wise
Sancho VI + (Navarre) the Strong
Leopold V - (Austria) (1177-) Duke
Frederick I + (Austria) (1194-1198) Duke
Ottokar I + (Bohemia) Premyslid King (1197)
Margareta - (Flanders) Countess
Casimir II the Just - (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty
Mieszko III the Old + (Polish Kingdom) Piast Dynasty

Frederick II 1194-1250 Holy Roman Emperor
1195
Chartres Cathedral rebuilding commences
Alfonso VIII defeated by the Moors
Isaac II Angelus - (Byzantine Empire) (1185-)Emperor
Alexius III + (Byzantine Empire) (-1203) Emperor
Baldwin VIII - (Flanders) Count (from Hainut)
Baldwin IX + (Flanders) Count (emperor of Constantinpole 1204)

1196
Liber ad honorem augusti (Petrus of Ebulo)
Notre Dame nave completed except for the roofing
Marimid Dynasty in Morocco founded at Fez (-1464)
Frederick II elected king of the Germans

Alfonso II - (Aragon)
Pedro II + (Aragon) (-1213)King
John Asen I - (Bulgaria) King Asen Dynasty coregent
Bela III - (Hungary) King
Emeric + (Hungary) King
Knut VI - (Sweden) House of Sverker and Erik (Knut Eriksson)
Sverker the Younger + (Sweden) (-1208) House of Sverker and Erik (Karlsson)

1197
Civil war follows the death of Henry VI in Germany (9/28/1197)
Empress Constance secures Frederick II's investiture as king of Sicily from Pope Innocent III
War between Constance's Norman followers and Henry VI's German followers (-1208)
John Asen (Kalojan) founds the Second Bulgarian Empire (-1207)

Henry VI - (Holy Roman Empire) (1190-) (3rd) Hohenstaufen Dynasty
Frederick II + (Sicily) (-1250) King (Hohenstaufen)
Peter Asen II - (Bulgaria) Czar Asen Dynasty
John Asen (Kaloyan) + (Bulgaria) (-1207) 1st Emperor 2nd Bulgarian Empire
Henry of Champagne - (Jerusalem) (1192-) 10th King
Amalric II of Cyprus + (Jerusalem) (-1205) 11th King

Madhua 1197-1276
1198
Philip of Swabia is elected King of Germany at Mulhausen (3/8/1198)
Philip of Swabia is crowned King of Germany at Mainz (9/8/1198)
Hugh of Lincoln spokesman for barons refusal of money to Richard I
Richard I secures the election of Otto IV of Saxony as antiking to Philip of Swabia
Pope Innocent becomes guardian of Frederick II on Empress Constance' death
Zenith of Gallici under Roman of Smolensk (-1205)

Philip of Swabia + (Germany) (-1208) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (4th)
Otto IV + (Holy Roman Empire) (-1209) Guelph antiking
Frederick I - (Austria) (1194-) Duke
Leopold VI + (Austria) Duke The Glorious
Muhammed an-Nasir + (Almohade Dynasty) (1198-1213) Caliph
Al-Aziz Imad al-Din - (Egypt) Sultan

Celestine III - (Patriarchate of Rome) (1191-1198)
Innocent III + (Patriarchate of Rome) (1198-1216)

Averroes, Mohammed Ibn Rashid 1126-1198 Aristotelian Philosopher
Constance 1154-1198 Empress (HRE)

1199
Richard I The Lionheart hit in the shoulder with crossbow bolt while in France - turns gangrenous (3/25/1199)
Richard I the Lionheart dies from wound (4/6/1199)
Philip II Augustus espouses the cause of Arthur I of Brittany against John Lackland

Richard I Coeur de Lion - (England) (1189-) King (eldest son of Henry II)
John Lackland + (England) (-1216) King (youngest son of Henry II)
Yacoub bin Yousouf - (Almohade Sultanate) (1178-)
Mohammed bin Yacoub + (Almohade Sultanate) (-1213)

Richard Coer de Lion 1157-1199



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